Week 6 - Weekend in Noto Peninsula

こんばんは。

Again sorry for the long time no message, I was very busy these days with the Sakuras starting in Kanazawa. And the weather is good! Sunny and pretty warm (around 22 °C today) so I was out all these days to take pictures!

Weekend in Noto's Peninsula

Noto's peninsula trip was organized by the IFIE School. It was a two days trip with the French's and Thai's. Noto's is located North of Kanazawa and is known for it's traditional places, rice fields and nice landscapes. First we headed on the Beach Highway which is a road next to the sea. It was pretty funny, specially going with the bus on the beach... At this time the weather changed from a cloudy cold day to a pretty sunny weather.

After the beach we went to a Jinja Temple and as we were on a lucky day, we had the chance to assist to a traditional ceremony held for the God of Love. Three different priest had to make a hole through a target, one with a Bow, one with a Katana and one with a Spear. After this ceremony we headed for a Sea Side Viewpoint which was gorgeous with lot of rocks. The view was amazing! I love it... Finally before going to the Hotel, we went to a Buddhist temple where we could also assist a small ceremony. This ceremony was given by some of the students of the Temple supported by Masters.

At the hotel we could enjoy a small Public Bath but really relaxing after the long day of visits and walking...

Next day we went to the City Hall to see the traditional structures they use and used for the Rice ceremony at the end of summer, when they collect the rice. This ceremony is only held in this region and represents the thanks to the gods for the rice. After the City Hall visit and eating, we went to a special rice field's place. These rice fields are located on the sea side and have a lot of levels which is very nice and impressive. Finally we visited an old Samurai house.

This trip was very interesting and I will go back to Noto's peninsula to enjoy more of the sea side views and rice fields.